This week's Review Revue spotlights the EP Help Save the Youth of America (Live and Dubious) by Billy Bragg. See what KCMU DJs thought back in the day.
The project of El Paso, Texas native Greg Gonzalez, Cigarettes After Sex shares some of the songs that helped inspire his own smoky, romantic, cinematic noir-pop music, as well as some of his latest contemporary favorites, on his exclusive guest DJ mix for Midnight in a Perfect World.
In celebration of their brand new album Salt, Long Island band Mr. Twin Sister share an exclusive guest DJ mix for Midnight in a Perfect World featuring timeless house and funk songs that have inspired their own groovy sound.
KEXP DJ Troy Nelson talks to the legendary Jon Spencer about his debut solo album Spencer Sings the Hits! out this Friday via In the Red Records.
Los Angeles trio Moonchild contribute a supremely smooth guest DJ mix that features a few tracks off their new album Little Ghost alongside new and old favorites that have influenced their own dreamy organic neo-soul and jazzy R&B music.
Recently dropping her recent debut full-length album Serotonin II, Singapore-born, London-based Yeule delivers a seamless guest DJ mix full of cerebral electronic rhythms from KEXP faves such as Jacques Greene, Lapalux, Jon Hopkins, and more.
KEXP DJ Marco Collins spoke with music journalist Charles R. Cross about Heart's Dreamboat Annie as a part of Sound & Vision’s occasional series “Northwest Classics."
Fresh off the release of his 5th studio album Blizzards, British electronic producer Nathan Fake puts his sharp ear for cutting-edge electronic rhythms and innovative sound design on full display throughout his guest DJ mix.
Each week, KEXP’s Music Director Don Yates and Associate Music Director Gabriel Teodros (joined this week by DJ Alex) shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See what's coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from Salaam Remi, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Kali…
Los Angeles based, Grammy Award winning Latin rock group La Santa Cecilia perform songs from their 2015 record, "I Won't Cry For You", live on KEXP's El Sonido with DJ Miss Ashley. Recorded 09/17/2015 - 4 songs: I Won't Cry For You, Nunca Mas, Como Dios Manda, Calaverita
Hiss Spun, the fifth album from Chelsea Wolfe, was written as a “personal exorcism” from the events of the prior few years in the California musician’s past. Filled with a cataclysmic fury, Wolfe and her band join DJ Abbie in the KEXP Live Room for a session of four howling Hiss Spun tracks.
DJ Kevin Cole brings you a mix of some of his current faves—songs that gets his heart pounding and hopefully yours too. The sweet sounds of love, friendship, and accepting big life changes with music from Israel Nash, The Love Language, Tancred, and more. Press play, turn the volume way up, and fe…
DJ Atticus returns with another round of music colored with shades of goth, including tracks from The Twilight Sad, Parisalexa, All Them Witches, and plenty of other witches.
Celebrating Black liberation and global solidarity movements, DJ Gabriel Teodros curates this powerful mix featuring stand-out tracks from Salaam Remi & Black Thought, Shafiq Husayn, DAM, Tobe Nwigwe, Klassy & Ruby Ibarra, Georgia Anne Muldrow & Dudley Perkins, Sampa the Great, Jamila Woods and mor…
The music spins, the energy spins, and DJ Kevin Cole spins the soundtrack with new TORRES, Akasha System, Poliça, Rocketship and more swirling wonderment.
Friday night of Decibel Festival 2015 not only continued the celebration of its 10th anniversary but also festival founder Sean Horton's birthday. And while the night provided many enticing showcases, one was hard pressed to find a more entertaining one than Body Language at Q Nightclub. Mr. Horton…
Lane 8 is the alias of San Francisco DJ/producer Daniel Goldstein, an ascending artist within the club circuit best-known for his warm, blissful, glistening style of deep house. Recently signing with UK label Anjunadeep and relocating to Leipzig, Germany, Lane 8 will be touring North America throug…
Simic is the alias of Ben Block, a Seattle-based DJ, electronic producer, and core member of the local secondnature collective. With musical interests weaving from classic house and techno to krautrock and 80’s sonic experiments, his sets reflect an immersive and dynamic quality that comes from a s…
Courtney Barnett brings us the dark, somber video for the track "Kim's Caravan" off her latest Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit. She says the song was inspired by her concerns for the Great Barrier Reef, and describes the tune as "an apocalyptic tale of our world painted black w…
Every time I look at this album cover I wonder if I should post it or not. Given the losses the Ramones suffered in the 21st century, the title and image takes on a new bittersweetness, and one or two of the 1984 KCMU DJs' comments take on a harsher edge than probably intended. That said, the stati…
